The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-25

all he farms will be owned by Christian
farmers, and all the commerce controlled
by Christian merchants and all the authority
held by Christian officials and all the ships
commanded by Christian captains, aud all
the universities under the Instruction OF
Christian professors. Christian kings. Chris
tian presidents, Christian governors, Chris
tian mayors, Christian common council
Yet, what a securing out what an upturn-
ing! what n demolition, what resurrection
must precede this new superintendent
lido not undeTrate the enemy. Julius c esar
got his greatest victories by fully estimat ng
tn vastness OF his foes aud prepared his men
for their great st triumph by saying: TO
morrow King Juba will be here with thirty
thousand horses, one hundred thousand Skin
mishers, and three hundred elephants"
do not uuderrats the vast forces of Sin
and Death; bat do you know who COM
mands u.s. Jehovah-jireh- And the re-
serve corps behind us are all this armies
of heaven and earth, with hurricane AMI
thunderbolt The good work OF the world
redemption is going on every minute. Never
50 many splendid men ami glorious women
on the sids Of right a to-day. Never so many
good people as now. DiOgenes has been
spoken of as a wise man because he went
with n lantern ut MONDAY, saying he was
looking for an honest man. Ii h had
turned his lantern toward himself he might
ten thousand Through the international
Series Of Sunday-school lessons the
next generation all through Christend ON are
gong T. be wiser than any generation since
the world stood. The kingdom is coming.
God can do it. No housewife with a chamois
cloth ever POLISHED silver teaspoon with
more ease than Christ viii rub OFF from this
world the tarnish. and brighten it up till it
glOws like heaven, aud then the glorious APP
pOrtionment, for my text is reinforced by a
score Of other texts. when it says of Christi
He shall divide the spoil with the strong
but, you say, that is pleasant to think
OF for others, but before that time shall
have passed upinto another existence. aad
shall get no advantage from that new ap-
pOrtoinmentn All, you have only driven me
TO the other more exciting and transporting
consideration, and that is that Christ is go
irg to divide up heaven in the same way.
There are ol estates in the celestial world
that have been in the possession of
the inhabitants for thousands of years.
and they shall remain as they
are There are old family mansions
in heaven filed with whole generations Of
kindred and they shall never be driven out
Many OF thu vict1rs from earth have already
got their paiaces, AMI they are pointel GU
to those newly arrived Soon after our get
ting there We will ask to be shown tile Apos-
tolic residences, and ask where does Paul
live and John, And shown the patriarchai
residences aud shall say: Where does
Abraham live. or Jacobn and shown the
martyr residences and say; Where does
John Hu's live, and Ridleyf' We will want
to see The boulevards where the chario.s
of conluerors roll. / will want to Sc
the garden where the primes walk We
will want 70 see Music Row, where Handel,
aud Haydn aud Mozart, and Charles IVES
ley, and Tomas Hastings, and Bradbury
have their homes, ont OF heir windows, ever
anl anon, rolling some snatch Of nu earthly
oratorio or hymn transported with thScom-
poser. We will want to see Revival Ter ace,
where Whitetiell, and Nettleton, and Paysnn,
AID Rowland Hill, and Charles Fin1ey, and
other gianti OF soul-reapiug are resting from
III il almost supernatural labors, their doors
throngel with converts Just arrived, coming
TO report themselves.
But brilliant as the sunset. AMI like the
leaves for number, are TIE celestial homes
yet to be AWARDED, when Christ to You, and
millions Of Others, shall divide the spoil
What do Won want there, You shall have IL
An orchard There it is; twelve manner Of
fruits, aud fruit every month Do you want
river scenery Take your choice on the
tanks OF tho river, in longer, wider, deeper
roll than Danube, or Amazon, or Mi sis
sippi If mingled in one. and emptying into
the sea of glas'. mingled with lire. DO
you want your kindred back againl
TO out and meet your father aud mother
without the staff or the stoon and your chill
dren in dance Of immortal Glee. Do you
want throne. Select it from the million
burnt he'd elevations. Do YOU want a crowni
Pick it out Of that mountain Of dianonded
corOnets. Do You want Your old church
friends Of earth around you'll Begin to hum
an old revival tune and they will flock from
all quarters to revel with yoa in sacred remi
niscence. All the earth for those who ere
here on earth at the time of continental AMI
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for those who are there.
That heavenly distribution of SPOTS will he
a surpr to many. Here enter heaven ths
SOIL OF a man who took up great deal Of
room in the church on earth but sacrificed
little, and among his good works selfishnes
was evident He Just crowds through the
shining gate, but its a very tight slueeze, so
that the door-keeper has to pull hard to get
him in, and this man expects half of heaven
for his share OF trophies, and he woul1 like
monopoly Of all its splendor. and TO
purchase lots in the suburbs so that he
could set advantage of the growth OF
the city. Well, little by little grace OF
heart, Just enough to get him through, AMI
T. him Is given Sc 7O1d-hand crown which
ore Of the saints wore ut the start. but ex-
changed for a bri yhter one as he went on
from glory to glory. And he is put in an old
house one occupied by an angel who was
hurled out Of Heaven at the time of Satans
ebellion.
RIGHT after him comes a soul that makes a
great stir among the celestials, and the
angels rush to the scene each bringing to her
a dazzling coronet. Who is she' Over what
realm on earth was she queen, In what great
Dusseldorf festival was she the caniatricei
Neither she was au invalid who never left
her room for twenty years; but she was
strong in prayer, aud she prayed DOWN re-
vivnl after revival and Ientecost after PEN
tecost. uoOn the churches, and with her
pale hands size knit many a mitten or
tippet for tbs poor. and with her
contriyancei she added joy to many a
holiday f stival, and now with those thin
hand 50 strong for kindness. and with those
white lips so strong for duplication she has
won coronat on. and en- hronment and jubi-
lee And Christ SAYS TO the angels who
have brought each a crown for the glorifed
invalid: NO, net these; they are not good
enough. BIT in the ieweled vase at the
right hand side of my throne there is one
that l have been preparing for her many
year, AMI for her every paug have set an
amethyst ami for her every good deed |
have set pearl Fetch it now AMI fulfill
the promise gave her long ago in the sick
room: BE thou faithful unto death, aud |
will give thee cTown.'n
But notice that there is only one being in
the universe who can and will distribute the
trophies Of earth and heaven. 1t is the Di-
vine " dTTlOr, Ine COMMUNICATIVE ieI OF
the centuries, the champion Of ages, the uni
versal cOnqueror, the Son of God, Jesus. You
will take the spoils from His hand, or never
take then at all Have His friendship and
you may defy all time and all eter-
nifty, but without it You are pau
per, though You had universe at your
We are told in Revelation that
ia obs twelve sons were so honored as to
have tue twele gates of Heaven namel after
them-oyer one gate of Heaven Naphtali,
over another gate Of Heaven Issachar, over
another Dan. over another Cad, over another
Ze5ulon, over another Judah, aud 50 on, But |
ChristS name is written over all the CATS,
aud on every panel of the gates, aud have |
His 10. His PARDON, His intercession, His |
/ must, or We forlOrn wretch /
forever. Ny Lord and my Godi make me |
and all who hear me this day, and all TO |
whom these words shall come, thy Ie-
pentant believing sworn, consecratet and /
followers forever.
What day it will bel This entire assem-. |
Dlage would rise TO your feet il You could 1
realize it, the day in which Christ shall in |
'ulfiliment OF my text divide the spoil IL |
was great day when Queen Nictaria, IN the /
midst Of the Crinean war, distributed mel
lis to the soldiers who hal come home sex
md wounded. At the Horse Guardi. IN pres
N e of the Royal Family, the injured mel
we're carried in or came on crut hes-CoIonel
who lost both feet at lnkerInan,
md CAPTAIN Sayer, who had the ankle
mint of his RIGHT log shot OF at Alma, and /